Customer Reviews

Trophy 8-Note Children's Xylophone

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This is the only thing my 6yr old daughter really wanted for Christmas. I thought how could I possibly listen to this all day long. Actually, she didn't just bang on it for noise, she is trying to create her own songs. It comes with both engraved letters and also stickers so books will coincide if you choose to buy some. It is well constructed, smaller in size and we tuck the sticks underneath where they sit nicely. I think the colors vary on the keys in comparison to the picture but of course that isn't important to the quality. She has her heart set on playing her xylophone in her music class in the upcoming weeks when she creates a new song.

We had the rubber piece that holds the note on the xylophone break off about 2 months after we bought it. Another one just broke off about 18 months after we bought it. The company offers no warranty on their item and it's useless without 2 notes on it! I would not recommend buying this item since the company has no warranty on it. They must not think too highly of their product since they don't back it themselves.
Not worth the money!

Our infant and toddler love this toy. Doesn't sound "rinky-tink", quality kids' toy that we highly recommend for your little tot musicians. FYI: Pic shows a red base and ours came with a black.

We got this xylophone for our 2 year-old and 3 year-old. It seems great at first, but then the children notice/figure out that the keys come off. The keys pop off the rubber holders VERY easily. My 2 year-old honestly seemed to think that this toy was a puzzle rather than an instrument. I was constantly replacing all the keys. It is fairly cheap quality as well. I finally gave up and tried to add a dab of Gorilla glue to the rubber attachments. The next day I watched my daughter promptly pop the keys right off again and then try to put them back. It was a disaster. We finally threw it in the trash. Buy a different xylophone unless your child is old enough to resist the urge to take the keys off.

We love this xylophone, as does our son, but what arrived is not exactly as pictured. The base is black, not red. The "c" keys are red, not white. These have no bearing on the sound, of course.

We ordered four of these for a preschool. Perhaps for a single child this xylophone would hold up, but with regular use, it did not. The rubber nubs that hold on the metal pieces fall off irreparably.

What's worse, the company remains incommunicado despite numerous attempts to contact them.

I bought an entire set (28)of these xylophones from a music store 3 years ago to use with my music classes. Two of them came in a red frame and the rest of them had a black frame. The red framed instruments were constructed very well. I had no problems with keys coming off. HOWEVER<<<< The xylos with the black based frame were not made very well at all. The keys popped off very easily and in many cases,the rubber pegs that hold the keys on broke off.

Three years later and both of the red framed xylos are still in good shape. Only 2 of the 24 black framed xylophones are still in tact.

Ten years ago I bought a similar product by the same company when I was teaching in a different school. The frames were blue and all the keys were white. These xylophones had the rubber pegs as well but they lasted the full 10 years with no keys popping off or pegs breaking.

In my opinion- the color xylophones with the black frame were not constructed very well and were a waste of money. Stick with buying the xylos with all white keys and the blue frame. Of course, I'm ASSUMING they are being made today with the same kind of quality they were 10 years ago. Better yet- buy one as a sample and see how long it lasts before buying a large number of them.

Great sounding xylophone, however the ball fell off the mallet the first time my child played with it. MAJOR choking hazard! I am going to call the company.